Neurodegeneration, cardiovascular disease, and cancer are explained by a common fundamental pathological mechanism involving endoplasmic reticulum (ER) calcium dysregulation and representing a multi-disease therapeutic target…

Mediterranean diet can reduce risk of stroke by up to 25%, long-term study suggests

Using awake fMRI, researchers found that 2 month old infants already have structured visual categories in ventrotemporal cortex, resembling adult patterns

Researchers trained brain organoids, tiny pieces of brain tissue grown in the lab, to solve a fundamental benchmark problem in engineering called the “inverted pendulum” or “cart-pole” problem

Young adults reporting psychotic experiences, such as brief hallucinations or delusion-like thoughts in otherwise healthy individuals, have older-looking brains in MRI scans

Autism related hyperexcitability was transferred to healthy neurons by extracellular vesicles from mutant cells in a SHANK3 model, whereas stem cell derived vesicles rescued hyperexcitability…

Wealthier men show higher metabolism in brain regions controlling reward and stress

With the launch of the Australian Psychiatric Research Knowledge Bank (APsyK Bank), scientists and doctors are joining forces, sharing insights, and unlocking discoveries to improve mental health care for everyone

Study reports associations between infants’ head growth patterns and risk of autism

Study Identifies New Genetic Pathways Linked to Dyslexia

Scientists Discover a Brain Circuit That Enhances Physical Endurance

Discomfort with making eye contact is not exclusive to individuals with autism diagnosis but scales with autistic traits found in the population

Measuring activation during behavioral activation therapy: a proof-of-concept study using smartphone sensors and LLM-derived ratings in adolescents with anhedonia

Chronic alcohol consumption profoundly alters the expression of genes in the endocannabinoid system in key brain regions, affecting areas involved in reward, impulse control and decision-making

Duration between rewards controls the rate of behavioral and dopaminergic learning

Scientists engineered CAR-T cell immunotherapy to target plaques of a key Alzheimer’s-causing protein in the brain called amyloid beta

Autistic girls much less likely to be diagnose

Math learning disability affects how the brain tackles problems

Sleep disturbance drives intestinal stem cell damage from increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated by heightened 5-HT4 receptor activation via a brain–gut vagal circuit

A new study has found that high-precision brain training can help novice meditators learn the practice more effectively

Exposures to high nighttime temperature during early and late pregnancy were associated with autism risk in children, a result of concern in a warming world.

Brain scans reveal neural connectivity deficits in Long COVID and ME/CFS

Divorce history is not linked to signs of brain aging or dementia markers

Long COVID linked to Alzheimer’s disease mechanisms: The increased size of, and lesser blood supply to, a key brain structure in patients with Long COVID tracks with known blood markers of Alzheimer’s disease and greater levels of dementia…

Recent experimental findings suggest that the hippocampus, the brain region primarily associated with memory and navigation, actively reorganizes its neural patterns to anticipate future events

Common bacteria discovered in the eye linked to cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s: Study shows for first time that Chlamydia pneumoniae (common cause of pneumonia and sinus infection) can reach retina where it triggers immune responses linked to inflammation…

In clinical trials of psilocybin for anorexia, many patients do not respond to treatment

Targeting a specific brain network more than doubles Parkinson's treatment efficacy

Prenatal lead exposure related to worse cognitive function in adults - Lead exposure before birth is associated with lower performance on cognitive tests 60 years later.

Traveling in space literally moves the brain around in the skull, according to before-and-after MRI scans of astronauts, with areas involved in movement and sensation showed the largest shifts, although most of the deformation reversed within 6 months

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